Erkes Dormitory, Suite 302
Anlingdin Piloting Academy
In which Win Ton takes Theo to dinner.
Although, as when yos’Senchul and Veradantha included Theo in their dinner plans, it might be that the flight time and experience is as great a gift as the dinner. (Which is not to knock the dinner; one is getting the impression that a dinner at Howsenda Hugglelans is no small thing itself.)
When the kissing gets started, Win Ton kisses Theo’s temple, her neck, and her ear; it’s Theo who kisses Win Ton on the lips, a move he’s not expecting. We’ve seen this before with couples kissing across the Liaden-Terran cultural divide; between Liadens, face-to-face kissing is an especially intimate gesture not usually added to the repertoire until a relationship is considerably further advanced than this.
@Kissing
Although Win Ton is a scout – on some things he is still very Liaden – therefore I bet Theo kissing him on the mouth means something different to him than to her. And he may not be aware of it. It is certainly one of the things that binds him closer to Theo. The shared flight experience in Torvin is another. As well as the enlightening moment when Theo finds out what kind of Pilot she wants to be.